Manager, Enterprise Data and Analytics

Why Merit?

At Merit Medical, our mission is to create innovative medical devices that improve lives. Our goal is to hire and develop people who want to build something special through hard work, team effort, and commitment. Together, we are making a difference in the lives of patients around the world.

WORK SHIFT

SUMMARY OF DUTIES

Responsible for the worldwide implementation, testing, maintenance, governance, and adoption of BI tools, AI technologies, data management tools, and Microsoft Power Platform technologies. Provides leadership in the adoption and ongoing development of enterprise analytics capabilities, including but not limited to Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Automate. Collaborates closely with the Operational Systems team, business leaders, and other business teams to ensure analytics solutions are scalable, secure, governed, and aligned with business priorities.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS PERFORMED

1. Leads and manages the Business Intelligence Systems team, including:

• Establishing team priorities and assigning work based on business needs.
• Coaching, mentoring, and developing team members to strengthen technical, business, and leadership capabilities.
• Establishing performance expectations and holding team members accountable for results.
• Managing resource capacity and balancing competing project, operational, and support priorities.
• Promoting collaboration, continuous improvement, customer service, and knowledge sharing across the team.
• Interviewing, hiring, training, evaluating performance, and performing other personnel management responsibilities.

2. Assesses, plans, and oversees the system needs for the following areas:

BI and Analytics Tools

• Oversees the design and development of interactive and insightful dashboards, with emphasis on Microsoft Power BI.
• Ensures effective extraction, integration, and transformation of data from diverse enterprise data sources for analysis and reporting.
• Provides leadership and technical direction for Business Intelligence tools and platforms.
• Oversees the adoption and effective use of modern data and analytics platforms, including Microsoft Power Platform.
• Establishes and promotes standards for dashboard development, data models, reusable analytics assets, security, governance, and analytics lifecycle management.
• Supports an enterprise self-service analytics strategy that enables business users while maintaining appropriate governance and data standards.

3. AI (Artificial Intelligence)

• Provides leadership for evaluating and incorporating appropriate AI technologies into BI, analytics, and business processes to improve decision-making and productivity.
• Supports the responsible adoption of AI capabilities within analytics consistent with company governance and security standards.

4. SQL and Data

• Ensures the team maintains appropriate proficiency in SQL and other technologies required for accessing and analyzing complex enterprise datasets.
• Provides direction related to data modeling, data transformation, data quality, integration, and other concepts used in modern analytics environments.

5. Analytics

• Provides leadership in the use of data analytics to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities that provide actionable business insights.
• Partners with business stakeholders to ensure business requirements are translated into scalable analytics solutions and clearly defined metrics.

6. Microsoft Power Platform

• Oversees the effective use of Microsoft Power Platform technologies, including Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Automate, for analytics, custom applications, workflow automation, and business process improvement.
• Provides leadership for the adoption and use for enterprise data integration, analytics, reporting, and data management.

7. Delivers and oversees business support for new or existing BI and analytics systems, including Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and other similar tools.

8. Ensures uniform processes, methodologies, development standards, and governance practices are employed across company sites globally.

9. Ensures new systems, analytics solutions, reports, and significant enhancements are appropriately tested, documented, secured, and governed prior to implementation.

10. Ensures department leads and appropriate business users are adequately trained prior to use of new or existing systems.

11. Ensures training and technical documentation for internal systems, analytics solutions, and development standards are adequately maintained.

Identifies opportunities to improve internal systems, analytics capabilities, business processes, data quality, and automation.

12. Develops, maintains, and enforces BI system procedures, development standards, governance practices, and solution lifecycle processes.

13. Provides project leadership and project management when needed for improvement or implementation of new systems and analytics capabilities.

14. Consistently provides an exceptional customer experience when engaging with colleagues, end-users, business leaders, and other stakeholders.

15. Partners with business and IT stakeholders to understand analytics needs, establish priorities, promote adoption, manage expectations, and ensure delivered solutions provide measurable business value.

16. Performs a variety of management-related tasks to ensure system, team, and process improvements are achieved, as required.

17. Performs other tasks as required.

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS

• Lifting -- Not to exceed 50 lbs. -- local practice may apply.
• Writing
• Sitting
• Standing
• Bending
• Visual acuity
• Color perception
• Depth perception
• Reading
• Field of vision/peripheral
• Fine motor skills

SUMMARY OF MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education and/or experience equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Business, or related field.
• Five years of system design, implementation, and maintenance experience with four of those years in a supervisory capacity.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to manage the work of others.
• Ability to work with others effectively to analyze problems and implement solutions.
• Ability to work as a team member.
• Attention to detail and good organizational skills.
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to solve problems.
• Strong understanding of SQL.
• Project management experience
• Demonstrated computer skills preferably spreadsheets, word processing, database, and other applicable software.

COMPETENCIES

• BI / AI analysis and problem solving
• Time management skills
• Report design/analysis
• Training design/tools
• Project management
• Supervisory process

COMMENTS

Infectious Control Risk Category III:

The risk category explains whether or not employees are likely to come into contact with blood or body fluids while performing their jobs. Risk category III states employment and procedures that do not require exposure.

As an eligible Merit employee, you can expect the following:

* Multiple Shifts and Hours to choose from: Days, Swing (Eve), and Nights

* Medical/Dental & Other Insurances (eligible the first of month after 30 days)

* Low Cost Onsite Medical Clinic

* Two (2) Onsite Cafeterias

* Employee Garden | Gardening Classes

* 3 Weeks' Vacation | 1 Week Sick-Time | Paid Holidays

* 401K | Health Savings Account

To see more on our culture, go to www.merit.com/careers.

Military Veterans are encouraged to Apply.

Merit is a proud Utah Patriot Partner committed to hiring our Veterans.